In a remote place in Nova Scotia lies the island of Weymouth—a point where the world of the living meets the world of the dead. Eleven houses stand here as a final line of defense against those who come to the island under the cover of the Storm. For two centuries, every family—from children to the elderly—has kept this order and made sure that at the appointed hour their home is ready for the trial.
The last Storm took Mabel Beavry’s father. Her mother couldn’t bear the loss and seeks oblivion in alcohol, while her younger sister is afraid even to cross the threshold. Mabel’s only support is the family guardian, Jeff. Everything changes when Miles Cabot arrives on Weymouth—Alister Cabot’s nephew, the person Beavry had hoped would help them last time.
With Miles’s arrival, changes affect not only Mabel: the island is no longer destined to remain the same. The Great Storm is coming—one neither Weymouth nor the whole world has ever known.